Participant Register - archive

Who were participants?

Participants as defined under the Regulations included the following groups:

• electricity retailers;
• electricity distributors;
• electricity generators;
• line owners;
• electricity consumers connected directly to the grid;
• people who purchased electricity from the clearing manager;
• service providers;
• metering equipment owners;
• ancillary service agents;and
• test houses.

Participant registration

Participants in the electricity industry had to register and supply registration information unless they were a registration exempt participant.

What defined a participant?

For clarification on the classification of a participant, people were advised to check the legal definition of a participant in Regulation 4 of the Electricity Governance Regulations 2003. They were also referred to definitions in the Electricity Act 1992 and the Electricity Governance Rules to establish whether they were in one or more of the classes of participants. It was also suggested that they may want to seek legal advice on the implications for them of the Rules and Regulations.

What costs did participants incur?

The Electricity (Levy of Industry Participants) Regulations 2005 came into force on 21 April 2005. These set in place more specific categories for the allocation of the cost of the Commission's activities.

• Levy rates
• More levy information

Registration process

To register as an electricity industry participant, people downloaded and printed the registration form below, completed it and faxed it to the Commission.

Receipt of registration was confirmed by email within five working days. If people had not received confirmation after that time, they were asked to re-submit their registration.

• Registration form in Word
• Registration form in PDF